•Femi Gbajabiamila The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed that the government of the day was unhappy with him when he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for refusing to approve a foreign infrastructure loan that excluded the South-East. Although Gbajabiamila did not mention any names, he served as [...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced the immediate and permanent termination of the Monday sit-at-home across the South-East, bringing to an end a protest that has disrupted social and economic life in the region for nearly five years. In a statement issued yesterday, IPOB spokesperson Emm...
•Convicted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu Following the conviction and and life jail sentence handed the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Igbo women have said the country seem to have a different set of laws applicable only to the South-East region. Recall that yesterday, trial Justice James Omotosho,...
The House of Representatives received a petition today urging a review of the South East slot in the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), currently occupied by Sophia Mbakwe. The petition, submitted by Ezi Umuada Igbo, a prominent socio-cultural association, allegedly claimed that Mbakwe, who is from a non-Sou...
•Nigerian Senate The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution Review has unanimously approved the creation of an additional state in the South-East geopolitical zone, increasing the region’s total to six. The decision was reached during a two-day retreat in Lagos, where the committee reviewed 55 proposals for ...
Confusion may have gripped the South-East region over today’s proposed national protest for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. To this end, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has declared all correctional centres red zones, reports The Guardian. Meanwhile, the Federal Capital Territ...
•The protesters gather at National Assembly gate with placards A group of Nigerians today staged a protest in Abuja, decrying the spate of insecurity in the South-East region. The protesters gathered at the gate of the National Assembly with placards, reports Channels TV. Some of the placards bore the images of victims of attacks by […]...
•Peter Obi Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has dismissed fears of Nigeria sliding into a one-party state, saying no political party can “capture” any region simply because a governor defects to it. Obi stated this in Abuja while reacting to the recent defection of Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah and his Bayelsa counterpa...
•Orji Kalu and Peter Obi Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has boasted that he remains the most important politician from the South-East region, not the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi. Speaking on Channels Television last night, Kalu downplayed Obi’s political relevance in the region. He insisted ...
Amnesty International says it possesses concrete evidence including names and addresses of individuals allegedly killed extrajudicially by the Nigerian military in the South-East geopolitical zone of the country. “We have our evidence and we are very glad to present those evidence. We are always in touch with families of victims and believe th...
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